WordPress < 3.7.9 / 3.8.9 / 3.9.7 / 4.1.6 / 4.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85082

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Synopsis

The PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is either version 3.7.x prior to 3.7.9, 3.8.x prior to 3.8.9, 3.9.x prior to 3.9.7, 4.1.x prior to 4.1.6, or 4.2.x prior to 4.2.3. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to a flaw in the Shortcode API in which shortcodes embedded in HTML tags are not properly handled before returning the input to the users. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this by using a crafted request to execute arbitrary code in the user's browser session.
(CVE-2015-5622)

- An unspecified vulnerability exists due to a flaw in Quick Draft, which can allow an unauthorized, remote user to create arbitrary drafts. (CVE-2015-5623)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to WordPress 3.7.9 / 3.8.9 / 3.9.7 / 4.1.6 / 4.2.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85082

File Name: wordpress_4_2_3.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/29/2015

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5622, CVE-2015-5623

Detections

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